"Kaye's character Dennis Pennis was strongly reminiscent of Gunston. It later had a very successful revival thanks to the British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen through his characters Ali G, Borat and Brüno. Canadian comedian and actor Martin Short also employed a similar technique with his best-known character, the fawning, morbidly obese celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick; another notable resemblance between Glick and Norman is the Glick show's ""fairytale"" segment ""Lalawood Fables"", which is very similar to the ""Norman's Dreamtime"" segments of the Gunston show, in which the host reads a satirical mock-fable (intercut with pre-produced vision) to a group of assembled"
"his previous appearance and personality – Nigel Auchterlounie began writing for Dennis a month after and made Dennis (and the other characters) have wider personalities. Nigel Auchterlounie has proven to be a very popular writer since taking over Dennis. Dennis and Gnasher have remained mascots of ""The Beano"". The idea and name of the character emerged when ""The Beano"" editor George Moonie heard a British music hall song with the chorus ""I'm Dennis the Menace from Venice"". The character of Dennis was initially a struggle for artist Davey Law and then ""Beano"" chief sub Ian Chisholm to develop. Chisholm described"
"Spike Mullins Dennis Jeremiah (Spike) Mullins (2 October 1915 – 18 April 1994) was a comedy performer and writer. He wrote for a number of established performers, such as Max Bygraves and Harry Secombe, Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd Perhaps his most famous work is scripting Ronnie Corbett's seated monologues during The Two Ronnies TV series in the UK. He also worked, together with Barry Cryer as a writer for the groundbreaking British TV programme, The Frost Report, where Corbett first met his later performing partner, Ronnie Barker Mullins was born in London during World War I to working class"
"The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, known simply as Punt and Dennis throughout its second series, is a British stand-up and sketch show written by and starring comedians Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. The first series of 6 episodes was broadcast between 7 July and 11 August 1994. The second series, also of 6 episodes, was broadcast on Fridays at 20:30 (episodes 1 and 2) and 20:00 (episodes 3, 4 and 5) between 28 July and 1 September 1995, except for the last episode which was broadcast on Thursday 7 September at"
"career in the entertainment business. Instead becoming a metallurgist, Dwyer had a major role in the construction of the Channel Tunnel. Dwyer died in Somerset in 2003 aged 49, following a long illness. Penny Dwyer Penny Dwyer (born Penelope Rosemary Dwyer; 24 September 1953 – 4 September 2003) was a British comedy writer and performer, noted for being a member of the Cambridge Footlights revue ""The Cellar Tapes"" which won the inaugural Perrier Comedy Awards in 1981. The other performers in ""The Cellar Tapes"" were Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery and Paul Shearer. Dwyer was educated at"
"Dennis Potter Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC TV serials ""Pennies from Heaven"" (1978), ""The Singing Detective"" (1986), and the television plays ""Blue Remembered Hills"" (1979) and ""Brimstone and Treacle"" (1976). His television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social, and often used themes and images from popular culture. Potter is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television. Born in Gloucestershire and graduating from Oxford University, Potter"
"Penny Dwyer Penny Dwyer (born Penelope Rosemary Dwyer; 24 September 1953 – 4 September 2003) was a British comedy writer and performer, noted for being a member of the Cambridge Footlights revue ""The Cellar Tapes"" which won the inaugural Perrier Comedy Awards in 1981. The other performers in ""The Cellar Tapes"" were Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery and Paul Shearer. Dwyer was educated at the University of Cambridge. Dwyer worked as a writer and performer in Cambridge throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s; however, unlike her fellow Perrier winners, she chose not to pursue a full-time"
"music magazine programme circa 1990) as Pennis, the character next appeared in 1995 on BBC2's ""The Sunday Show"". The basic premise was that Kaye and a camera crew would visit film premieres, press functions and other assorted celebrity gatherings to attempt to get an ""interview"" with stars, in between short skits and sketches featuring the character. Originally, the celebrities would be mainly British stars harassed at assorted London-based events, such as actor Hugh Grant, TV host Ulrika Jonsson and sports pundit Des Lynam. A 1995 video release of these early clips, ""Anyone For Pennis"", assured success for the controversial comedian,"
"Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for ""The Beano"" and ""The Dandy"". Parkinson is the official artist for Dennis the Menace and Minnie The Minx, until February 2016,in ""The Beano"" and monthly companion comic Dennis the Menace and Gnasher's epic mag. His career in comics began in 1980. Over the following twenty years he worked for many British publishers including for example Fleetway drawing Thunderbirds, Stingray, Scouse Mouse and others, BBC Magazines drawing strips based on TV shows like ""Grange Hill"", ""Baywatch"", and as a 'ghost'"
"drama, along with his achievements in international charity work. Articles Lenny Henry Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, and television presenter, known for co-founding the charity Comic Relief, and presenting various television programmes, including the comedy ""Chef!"" and ""The Magicians"" for BBC One. He is currently the Chancellor of Birmingham City University. Lenny Henry was born at Burton Road Hospital in Dudley, on 29 August 1958, the son of Jamaican immigrants to Great Britain. One of seven children, he was the first to be born in the United Kingdom. He"
"Steven Wright Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations. Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by ""Rolling Stone"" in a list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics. His accolades include the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for writing and producing the short film ""The Appointments of Dennis Jennings"" (1988) and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as a"
"has become a fan favourite. Since 2005 Nigel Parkinson has also illustrated all of the Beano Jigsaw Puzzles and much of Dennis the Menace merchandise. In 2008 he began drawing Puss'n'Boots and Marvo the Wonder Chicken for The Dandy and designed a new version of Lord Snooty - Lord Snooty the Third - for ""The Beano""'s 70th birthday year. In 2010 he wrote and drew a comic strip based on comedian Harry Hill's TV Burp for ""The Dandy"" (with co-writers including Harry Hill, Sean Baldwin, David Quantick and Duncan Scott) and in 2012 a 12-week run of The Banana Bunch."
"""Sixty Second Dennis"". This was a single page strip which featured Dennis in a short story, and was usually illustrated by Nigel Parkinson. The reason behind the re-launch was to promote the new TV series which was just about to hit screens in Britain. It followed Dennis, Curly, Pie-Face and Gnasher as they attempt to brighten up the average day in Beanotown through new ideas, adventures and pranks. On 27 November 2010, The Beano Club was relaunched into The Beano V.I.P. It was officially announced vis a Dennis strip where several British celebrities including Ant and Dec, Simon Cowell and"
"2005 until early 2007 Putner toured in the ""Little Britain Live"" show, and later appeared in Matt Lucas and David Walliams' TV follow-up, ""Come Fly with Me"". In 2010 and 2011, Putner played the ill-fated Gerald ""Jelly"" Kelly in the ""Only Fools and Horses"" prequel trilogy, ""Rock & Chips"", written by John Sullivan. In 2013, he appeared in Kevin Eldon's sketch show, It's Kevin. Also in 2013, Putner appeared in an episode of the second series of ""Wizards vs Aliens"" as a troll called Mervyn. Paul Putner Paul Putner is an English comedian and actor. Putner was born in East"
"Peter Dennis Peter Dennis (25 October 1933 – 18 April 2009) was a Screen Actors Guild Award and Drama-Logue Award winning English film, television, theatre and voice actor. His extensive career spanned both sides of the Atlantic with projects ranging from ""The Avengers"" to ""Sideways"". He was perhaps best known for his more than three decades association performing the works of A. A. Milne on stage in his one-man show entitled ""Bother! The Brain of Pooh"". Dennis was born Peter John Dennis in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK, the son of Michael Henry Dennis, a mechanical engineer, and Violet Frances Lockwood,"
"on 26 December 1989. Paul Jennings (British author) Paul Francis Jennings (20 June 1918 – 26 December 1989) was an English humourist. For many years he wrote a column, ""Oddly Enough"", in ""The Observer"". Many collections were published, including ""The Jenguin Pennings"" (whose title is a spoonerism) by Penguin Books in 1963. He also wrote popular children's books including ""The Great Jelly of London"", ""The Hopping Basket"", and ""The Train to Yesterday"". Paul Francis Jennings was born on 20 June 1918 in Leamington Spa. His parents were William Benedict and Gertrude Mary Jennings. He was educated at King Henry VIII"
"Dennis Spicer Dennis George Spicer (13 January 1935–16 November 1964) was a British ventriloquist who appeared on British television, and in variety in its twilight years. He was born at Hillingdon County Hospital in Middlesex but he grew up mainly in Coventry. He started ventriloquism at the age of eight and had his first booking aged ten. He worked the clubs and cabaret circuit with his dummies: mainly James Green and Maxwell Monkey, but also Sexy Rexy the Wolf, Puppy Doll the Poodle, Rikki Tikki the Tiger, the Ugly Duckling and Russian Bear. Eventually he began appearing on British television,"
"Dennis Blair (comedian) Dennis Blair (born February 21, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian. He is known for writing and appearing in the 1983 movie ""Easy Money"", alongside his mentor, Rodney Dangerfield. He wrote for Dangerfield for four years including sketches for his network specials and jokes for his act. He provided the voice of Lem and Clem in the animated film ""Rover Dangerfield"". He also wrote a Broadway show for Jackie Mason. Blair has served as the opening act for about 150 celebrity headliners, including comedians Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Jackie Mason, and Alan King. He toured for 20"
"Dennis Chinnery Dennis Chinnery (14 May 1927 – 29 February 2012) was a British actor, noted for his performances in television. His credits include: ""Hancock's Half Hour"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""The Saint"", ""The Avengers"", ""The Prisoner"", ""The Champions"", ""Public Eye"", ""Special Branch"", ""Oh Brother!"", ""The Laughter of a Fool"" and ""Survivors"". He also appeared in three ""Doctor Who"" serials - ""The Chase"", ""Genesis of the Daleks"" and ""The Twin Dilemma"". The character Dr Chinnery in ""The League of Gentlemen"" was named after him. He was born at Romford, Essex, to Arthur F Chinnery and his wife"
"Hugh Dennis Peter Hugh Dennis (born 13 February 1962), known professionally as Hugh Dennis, is an English comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist, best known for being one half of Punt and Dennis with comedy partner Steve Punt, and playing Pete Brockman, the father in the BBC One sitcom ""Outnumbered"". Since 2005, Dennis has been a regular panellist on the BBC Two satirical comedy show ""Mock the Week"". Since October 2014, Dennis has appeared in the sitcom ""Not Going Out"" as Toby. He also starred as the narrator in CBBC's ""The Zoo"". Dennis, the younger of two boys, was"
"in ""Agony"". He also appeared in ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Moody and Pegg"", ""Dear John"" and the TV soap opera ""Emmerdale Farm"". Later in his career he moved into producing, directing and writing ""pantomime"". Denyer, who was unmarried, died in September 2009 in Cheltenham, aged 62. Peter Denyer Peter John Denyer (20 August 1947 in Dartford – 18 September 2009 in Cheltenham) was an English actor who was perhaps best remembered for playing Dennis Dunstable in London Weekend Television's ""Please Sir!"", and its spin-off series ""The Fenn Street Gang"", taking on the role of a teenager when already into his"
"significant influence on the two books written by John Lennon: ""In His Own Write"" (1964) and ""A Spaniard in the Works"" (1965). Stanley Unwin (comedian) Stanley Unwin (7 June 1911 – 12 January 2002), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was an English comedian, actor and comic writer. He invented his own comic language, ""Unwinese"", referred to in the film ""Carry On Regardless"" (1961) as ""gobbledygook"". Unwinese was a corrupted form of English in which many of the words were altered in playful and humorous ways, as in its description of Elvis Presley and his contemporaries as being ""wasp-waist and"
"Geoffrey Perkins Geoffrey Howard Perkins (22 February 1953 – 29 August 2008) was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. Best known as the BBC head of comedy (1995–2001), he produced the first two radio series of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" and is one of the people credited with creating the bizarre panel game Mornington Crescent for ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". In December 2008 he posthumously received an Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award. Perkins attended the Harrow County Grammar School, alongside Nigel Sheinwald, Michael Portillo and Clive Anderson, with whom he ran the debating society. Taking"
"10 Cats Does Countdown"". Ker also guest-starred on the NBC comedy Sean Saves the World in January 2014. In 2013, Ker was the Curator in series 6 of the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game ""The Museum of Curiosity"". In 2018, Ker was cast in the reboot of Greatest American Hero for ABC. Humphrey Ker David Humphrey Rivers Ker (; born 11 October 1982) is an Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning British actor, writer and comedian, formerly of the sketch comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls. Ker was born to David Peter James Ker and Alexandra Mary Watson. His maternal grandfather was Vice-Admiral"
"The Penny Dreadfuls The Penny Dreadfuls are a British sketch comedy troupe consisting of comedians Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck. The sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit. Ker, Reed and Tuck first met as students at the University of Edinburgh through the student comedy troupe The Improverts in 2001. They performed together for the next four years before forming, along with founding member Jamie Anderson, the Penny Dreadfuls. In 2006, they made their debut appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their Victorian-themed sketch show ""Aeneas Faversham"" and an improv show entitled ""Shamwagon"", also featuring"
"a character actor in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Charles Penrose died of heart disease on 17 November 1952 at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington, aged 79. Charles Penrose (entertainer) Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song ""The Laughing Policeman"". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the son of a master watchmaker and jeweller. He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with"
"Happy"". Haynes who had been a stand up comedian was given his own series later in the year and Parsons who had been an all-rounder found himself cast as his straight man. His ATV series, ""The Arthur Haynes Show"" (1956–66), networked on ITV, made Haynes the most popular comedian in Britain. There were 95 thirty-minute shows, 62 thirty-five-minute shows and one fifty-minute show, spread over fifteen series. Haynes's most popular character was a working class tramp – created by Johnny Speight, now better known for the Alf Garnett character. Speight said he got the idea of the tramp from a"
"Dan Renton Skinner Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Skinner often performs as the character Angelos Epithemiou and is a member of the British five-man sketch troupe Dutch Elm Conservatoire. The group were nominated for the Perrier award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005. Born in London, Skinner attended the independent Reed's School in Surrey, and graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Drama from Middlesex University London (1994–97). His credits include the 24-hour play ""The Warp"" with Ken Campbell. After this he started writing"
"local British food and drinks. Dennis has starred in a number of sitcoms, including ""My Hero"", in which he played obnoxious GP Piers Crispin. From 2007 to 2014, he starred in ""Outnumbered"", a semi-improvised sitcom based around family life and won a BAFTA nomination in the comedy category for the 2009 Christmas special. On Radio 4 he also featured in the sitcom ""Revolting People"" which, like ""Outnumbered"", was co-written by Andy Hamilton. Besides his regular television work, Dennis is a panellist on ""Mock the Week"" and has appeared in every episode since its inception. He is a regular guest on"
"and recalls some of the ""greatest nights"" of his life spent at the Anfield stadium. Scot Williams Scot Williams (born 29 November 1972), is an English actor, writer, and producer for stage, film and television. Williams is a native of Liverpool, Merseyside and grew up around Penny Lane, a street made famous by the Beatles song. He explained in 2014 that he wore trench coats and motorcycle boots as a young unknown actor, and would go to meet like-minded people, with a similar taste in fashion, at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool. Williams worked as an usher at the Everyman"
"Dorothy (née Mills). Obituary with the correct date of birth Dennis Chinnery Dennis Chinnery (14 May 1927 – 29 February 2012) was a British actor, noted for his performances in television. His credits include: ""Hancock's Half Hour"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""The Saint"", ""The Avengers"", ""The Prisoner"", ""The Champions"", ""Public Eye"", ""Special Branch"", ""Oh Brother!"", ""The Laughter of a Fool"" and ""Survivors"". He also appeared in three ""Doctor Who"" serials - ""The Chase"", ""Genesis of the Daleks"" and ""The Twin Dilemma"". The character Dr Chinnery in ""The League of Gentlemen"" was named after him. He was born"
"Peter Denyer Peter John Denyer (20 August 1947 in Dartford – 18 September 2009 in Cheltenham) was an English actor who was perhaps best remembered for playing Dennis Dunstable in London Weekend Television's ""Please Sir!"", and its spin-off series ""The Fenn Street Gang"", taking on the role of a teenager when already into his 20s. He also appeared in the film versions of ""Please Sir!"" (1971) and ""Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width"" (1973), and the glam rock film ""Never Too Young to Rock"" (1975). Another semi-regular role, again for LWT, was as one half of a gay couple"
"Humphrey Ker David Humphrey Rivers Ker (; born 11 October 1982) is an Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning British actor, writer and comedian, formerly of the sketch comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls. Ker was born to David Peter James Ker and Alexandra Mary Watson. His maternal grandfather was Vice-Admiral Sir Dymock Watson. He is 6' 7"" (2.01 m) tall. He was educated at Eton College, and read history at the University of Edinburgh. During his time at the University of Edinburgh, Ker performed in Edinburgh University Theatre Company pantomime productions and with acclaimed improvised comedy troupe ""The Improverts. ""Ker first met and"